• has or is currently collaborating with UNICEF, UNHCR, OXFAM, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, FIMA, The World Food Program and numerous other NGOs and governmental departments around the world

• more than 95% of Food for Life workers are volunteers

• because of its low overheads, an average meal served by Food for Life costs only a few cents, making it the most cost efficient relief organization in the world

The mission of Food for Life Global

• welfare: to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by providing free sanctified vegetarian meals to the disadvantaged, and victims of disaster (natural or manmade), wherever there is a need in the world

• health: to establish Food for Life Health Education centres throughout the world. These centres will provide free or inexpensive vegetarian meals, counselling, health education and living skills training to those in need

• youth development: to establish Rural Academies for Youth ("Krishna's R.A.Y. of Hope"), whereby people from the ages of 16-25 are trained in bhakti yoga, cow protection and sustainable agriculture, centred around spiritual values

• hospitality: to revive the ancient Vedic culture of hospitality, and to teach people by example that there is spiritual equality among all beings